KAMAPUAA

This demigod, half man, half hog, lives in Kaliuwaa valley, Oahu, in the
reign of Olopana.[1] His father is Kahikiula, his mother, Hina, his
brother, Kahikihonuakele. He robs Olopana's chicken roosts, is captured,
swung on a stick, and carried in triumph until his grandmother sings a
chant which gives him supernatural strength to slay his enemies. Four
times he is captured and four times escapes, killing all of Olopana's
men but Makalii. Then he flees up the valley Kaliuwaa and lets his
followers climb up over his back to the top of the cliff, except his
grandmother, who insists upon climbing up his front. He flees to
Wahiawa, loses his strength by eating food spelled with the letters
_lau_, but eventually becomes lord of Oahu. In Kahiki, his
father-in-law, Kowea, has a rival, Lonokaeho, who in his supernatural
form has eight foreheads as sharp as an ax. Kamapuaa chants to his gods,
and the weeds Puaakukui, Puaatihaloa, and Puaamaumau grow over the
foreheads. Thus snared, Lonokaeho is slain. Kamapuaa also defeats
Kuilioloa, who has the form of a dog.

The story next describes the struggle between Pele and the pig god.
Kamapuaa goes to Kilauea on Hawaii and stands on a point of land
overlooking the pit called Akanikolea. Below sit Pele and her sisters
stringing wreaths. Kamapuaa derides Pele's red eyes and she in revenge
tells him he is a hog, his nose pierced with a cord, his face turned to
the ground and a tail that wags behind. When he retaliates she is so
angry that she calls out to her brothers to start the fires. Kamapuaa's
love-making god, Lonoikiaweawealoha, decoys the brothers to the
lowlands. Then Pele bids her sisters and uncles to keep up the fire, but
Kamapuaa's sister, Keliiomakahanaloa, protects him with cloud and rain.
Kamapuaa takes his hog form, and hogs overrun the place; Pele is almost
dead. Then the love-making god restores her, she fills up the pit again
with fire; but Kamapuaa calls for the same plants as before, which are
his supernatural bodies, to choke out the flames. At length peace is
declared and Pele takes Puna, Kau, and Kona districts, while Kamapuaa
takes Hilo, Hamakua, and Kohala. (Hence the former districts are overrun
with lava flows; the latter escape.)

Next Kamapuaa gets Kahikikolo for a war club. Makalii, king of Kauai, is
fighting Kaneiki. After Kamapuaa has killed two warriors and driven away
two spear throwers, he reveals himself to Makalii, who prostrates
himsel